† loadsomeadj.
Obsolete or archaic. rare.
Burdensome.
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chargeous138.
onerous1395
chargeantc1400
onerable?a1475
importunable?c1485
chargeand1487
onerosea1500
chargeable1509
chargeful1529
burdenousa1535
onerarious1548
burdensome1578
loadsome1578
burdeninga1616
loading1625
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 1v That therby the reading..may be more perspicuous..which otherwise would be loadsom, and tedious.
1583 R. Greene Mamillia i. f. 36 The weakest wit & youngest yeeres..is euer forced to bear the lodesom burden of loue.
1850 Fraser's Mag. 42 139 It has all the charms of idlesse, without the weary, loadsome, and loathsome self-reproachingness of idleness.
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